//------------------------------// // Chapter 25 - Celebration Time! // Story: My Little Pony: Ren's Adventures In Equestria // by MaxTV1234 //------------------------------// Kaede’s Dream … … ...Huh? I was in a dark room as I looked around in fear. I was already streaming down some tears. “Oh just shut up already!” That voice, that sounds like….I turned around to see a light skinned woman in her late 40s. She had long blonde hair, wearing red pants and purple shirt that her right shoulder didn’t go in. “W-what?” I asked in fear. What’s SHE doing here?! Why is she here?! It was my stepmother... “I don’t care what happens! What? You think that you’re immune to it means that you have to be the one to survive?!” She exclaimed in anger. “B-but even so, I wouldn’t go with it!” I exclaimed. Wait, what am I even saying? “I don’t care! You’re gonna stay in this room! Besides, I overheard that a group of mobs are searching over for anyone like you! So I’m gonna call them to come and kill you, not that I care. I’m done using you as my daughter/slave anyway.” What?! She’s crazy! “You’re crazy! If this about the reward money to capture me and the others, then you’re insane!” I exclaimed in anger while the tears stream down. “Even if you get the reward money, you’re never gonna survive this madness! Many people are dying out there thanks to the gas out there!” “I don’t care what happens to anyone but myself and my own daughters, you’re so useless...just like your father.” Huh? I made a confused expression on what she meant. Why is she bringing up my father? Does she know something about it? “Well anyway, I hope I’ll see you never!” She then closed the door and locked it, much to my shock. “No!” I ran straight to the door and attempted to open it, but it was no luck! I began crying and kept banging on the door. “Please don’t do this! Please, let me out! Let! Me! OUT!” Suddenly, a bright flash appeared before me, causing me to black out. “GAH!” I woke up with widened eyes, sweating nervously and breathing heavily. It was all a dream, thank goodness it wasn’t real, but wait...why did I have that dream? I was arguing with my stepmother, but I know I would never do that. If so, she would’ve punish me, so what was it? Huh? I turned my head to gasp in shock to see two sets of blue eyes looking right in front of me so closely. “AH!” I screamed. “Good morning sleepyhead!” Oh, it’s just Pinkie Pie. She smiled happily and started bouncing happily around my room. “Pinkie? What are you doing here?!” I asked in shock. “I came to wake you up Kaede!” Pinkie exclaimed happily. “Huh? Wake me up? What for?” “Because today is Gummy’s birthday!” Pinkie explained. “And also yours, Mason’s, and Carrie’s welcome to Ponyville/Equestria party!” “Umm...Okay?” I sweat-dropped and smiled nervously at her. “Come on Kaede, turn that frown upside down and let’s enjoy ourselves with our friends ! Also, Twilight also has a special surprise just made for you!” Huh? Special surprise? “What special surprise?” I asked. “Duh, I can’t tell you that silly! That’s why it’s called a surprise!” Pinkie grinned happily. Umm, I guess that is a fair point. “Now come on! I already woken up Ren and the others about this! You should get dress and hurry to Sugarcube Corner so that we can party!” “Alright, alright Pinkie, I’m getting up.” I nodded before getting out of bed, but one thing was in my mind. “By the way Pinkie, how did you get in here?” “Oh, I just walked through your door.” Pinkie pointed to my door. “Y-yeah, but it was locked.” I pointed out. “I have my ways, not even the author knows what it is.” Pinkie then turned to something that I couldn’t see, much to my confusion and...fear around this pink pony. “Oookay?” I sweat-dropped while smiling nervously at her. “Well, we’ll see at the party, see ya Pinkie.” “Okie-Dokie-Lokie!” With that, she ran out of the room, leaving a dust in the form of herself behind before disappearing. I’m just so curious about Pinkie Pie, just how can she do that? Oh well, I might as well get dressed and meet up with the others. Soon, after I put on my normal attire, which was a short-sleeved purple sweater with those big puffy things that I used to tighten my hoodie, and underneath my purple sweater is a long sleeve pink shirt while also wearing my purple skirt with brown siege shoes with long purple socks that almost reaches to my knees. I then brushed my long red hair which I let it roam freely, which I kept in several thin hair clips and I possessed a long ahoge like Ren, well maybe it’s longer than his, but I don’t mind. I also carried my kitty backpack and my stuffed cat, Coco, with me downstairs. After I got dress, I came downstairs to the dining room where I saw Ren, Mason, Carrie, and Kodiak. They all seemed tired out, well except Mason as he leaned against the wall and closed his eyes. It’s either that he’s trying to act cool or is actually going to sleep. “Hey guys.” I called out to them, gaining their attention. “Kaede, good morning!” Kodi jumped onto my arms and started licking my face, causing me to smile happily. “Thanks Kodi.” I said, petting him on the head before putting him back on the ground. I then turned to my friends and asked “So Pinkie woke you all up too, huh?” “Yeah…” Ren let out a yawn, still tired out. “Pinkie took me and Kodi by surprise, and told me that today is Gummy’s birthday.” “Yeah, and I think I peed a little when I saw her too.” Kodi admitted sheepishly. “Yeah, she told me and Carrie about it too…” Mason sighed, but I could’ve sworn that sigh was in a sad tone. “Something wrong big brother?” Carrie asked in concern. It seems that I wasn’t only one who caught on his attitude. “Nothing Carrie, just...t-thinking about things…” Mason covered his mouth with his large red scarf, deep in thought. Seriously, what’s up with him? “Well whatever, I’m actually quite excited to go to this party.” Ren stated. “I mean, this is you guys’ party, along with Gummy.” “Speaking of which, whose Gummy?” I asked. “Oh, he’s an alligator.” Kodi replied bluntly, much to my surprise. “An alligator?!” Me and Carrie yelled in surprise while Mason raised a brow. “No no no, what Kodiak meant that Gummy is a pet alligator. You know, one of those small alligators you keep as a pet at home.” Ren assured with a sweat-drop, much to our relief. “Oh...I see…” Phew, that would’ve been crazy. To think someone like Pinkie would own a dangerous animal like an alligator. That would be both crazy and insane. Besides, she’s starting to make me feel afraid of her. “Well, it would still be awesome to see an alligator!” Carrie exclaimed happily, causing me and Ren to look at her in surprise. For a little girl, she must have so much courage in order not to be afraid of something like that. “Well anyway, let’s go! It must be awesome to have a party of us together!” “Yeah, and I can’t wait to eat any of the sweets at Sugarcube Corner.” Kodi let out his tongue and started panting heavily. Wow, he must be so addictive towards the sweets there. Well, I am getting a little hungry, so I guess I don’t mind. “Alright, let’s go.” Ren said, which we all nodded in agreement, but Mason didn’t hear us. “Hey Mason, you coming dude or what?” Ren asked, gaining his attention. “W-what? Oh right, coming.” Mason nodded as he got up from the wall and followed us after the door. I’m wonder what’s wrong with him. He’s been acting strange the moment I saw him this morning. Did something happened last night or something? Oh well, better not dwell on it. I’m actually quite excited to have a party, and it’s not even my own birthday. We then walked through the main streets of Ponyville, greeting the folks there. Well some of them were still surprise to see four humans here in Equestria, so it makes sense why should they be afraid of us. But since Ren been here more than me, Mason, and Carrie, I guess he’s used to this. We soon finally arrived to Sugarcube Corner as Carrie knocked on the door with a smile on her face. Soon, the door slowly opened, revealing Pinkie with a suspicious look on her face. “Who is it?” I heard Pinkie’s voice from the inside of the place. “It’s us!” Carrie called. “Who?” Pinkie raised a brow, but with a smirk on her face. “Pinkie, it’s us. Ren, Kodi, Mason, Carrie, and Kaede.” Ren replied, chuckling a bit. “Really? Then what’s the password?” Huh? Password? What password? “Pinkie, we don’t know the password.” Mason said blankly. “So can you at least tell us, please?” “Hmm…” Pinkie rubbed her chin before saying “Alright, I’ll give ya all a hint.” “A hint?” Kodi tilted his head in confusion. “Yep, and here’s the hint!” Pinkie addressed us to come closer as we came close to her face as she whispered “What’s my favorite thing in all of Equestria?” “Umm….” Ren thought for a while before smiling nervously. “Party?” Five seconds later, Pinkie closed the door and we started hearing some locks being unlocked. Wow, this door must have a lot of locks. Suddenly, the door finally opened with a big grin on her face and exclaimed “Welcome to the party everyone!” “Oh...thanks.” I nodded as we all headed inside and as we walked inside the second floor of the store, we saw all our friends, enjoying themselves in the party. “Hey, you all finally arrived!” Rainbow exclaimed, flying towards us and gave Ren a high-five, or maybe a hi-hoof since hooves don’t have any fingers. “Yeah, apparently Pinkie told us that this party is to celebrate Gummy’s birthday and Mason, Carrie, and Kaede’s welcoming to Ponyville.” Ren said, smiling happily. “Mm-hmm, and it was so nice of Pinkie to make this party for us.” I added with a smile before frowning a bit. “But still, for Pinkie to make this all up for us and her pet, Gummy, it must be tiring for her.” “I don’t know about that.” Twilight assured as she pointed towards Pinkie, who was bouncing around happily the place, much to my surprise. “Wow, she’s sure energetic!” Carrie exclaimed in shock. “Wow, she acts like me sometimes when I eat too much sweets, right big brother?....Big brother?” We turned to Mason, who was covering his mouth while he was in deep thought. “Is there something wrong with him, partner?” Applejack asked Ren. “I have no idea, he’s been distracted the moment I saw him this morning.” Ren shrugged. “Wow, I’ve never seen Mason like that before.” Fluttershy agreed. “Mason?” Rarity called for him, gaining his attention. “W-what? Oh sorry, I was just...thinking some things…” Mason said, sweat-dropping a little. “Thinking about what?” Twilight asked. “I-I’m sorry, but I can’t tell you.” Mason replied, much to our surprise. “I’ll tell you when I feel like the time is right. I’m sorry…” “Mason…” Carrie muttered sadly. I’m getting worried for him as well. Just what’s wrong with him? He wasn’t acting like this at all. He was fine since yesterday. “Come on Masey!” Pinkie immediately appeared right in front of him and immediately grabbed his cheeks. “You need to get rid of those thoughts in your head and have fun!” “Fun?” Mason asked, bewildered by her appearing out of nowhere, even me and Carrie were surprised to see her appeared out of nowhere as well. “Yeah, come on!” Pinkie immediately grabbed his hand and showed him to a bucket filled with water and apples. “Umm...this is?” Huh? He doesn’t know much about apple bucking? “This here’s is where you dunk your head into this bucket of water and see who can get the most apples!” Pinkie explained as she dunked her head into the water, pulling out an apple. “Here, you try!” “Umm…” Mason felt weirded out by doing that. I guess he never experience in something like that, huh? “Yeah, try it Mason!” Ren said as he happily stepped over between him and Pinkie. “Here, allow me to show you as well!” Ren took a deep breath and dunk his head into the water, grabbing one of the apples. “Ta-da!” “Nice catch Renny boy!” Applejack praised him. “Hey, I want to try it too!” Carrie exclaimed as she walked over and do it as well. She dunked her head into the water and pulled out another apple. “Yay! I did it Mason!” “Y-yeah, I see…” Mason nodded with a soft smile. “Ahh, those are just boring apples. Don’t worry, there are plenty of other surprises in there!” Pinkie assured. “Other surprises?” I asked curiously. “Really?!” Carrie eyes sparkled in joy upon hearing that. “What kind of surprises?!” Rainbow asked, excited as Carrie. “I can’t tell you that, silly. Then it wouldn’t be a surprise.” Pinkie stated with a grin on her face. Well, she does have a point. “Well, count me in!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed, pushing Ren aside. “Hey! I’m in it too!” Ren said, getting back up and stood next to Rainbow Dash. “You two can’t have all the fun without me.” Applejack spoke up, walking towards the bucket. “Say Mason, why not try it as well?” Carrie asked, surprising her brother. “W-what?” “Please big brother?” Carrie then pulled off a puppy dog stare at him, causing him to sigh and smiled softly at his sister. “Alright, I’ll give it a go.” Mason ruffled her hair a bit as she smiled happily while he went to do the apple bucking challenge with the others. “Wow, and I thought I was the only one to do the puppy dog stare.” Kodi said, surprised that Carrie pulled it off. I chuckled at seeing him and Carrie get along so easily, I sorta envy them a bit. I wished I could’ve gotten that love from my stepsisters. “Kaede?” Huh? I then turned to see Twilight looking at me in concern. “Is something wrong?” “O-oh, nothing’s wrong.” I said in relief, gripping on Coco a little hard. “I’m just overthinking some things.” “Heh heh, you’re acting like Mason.” Twilight chuckled, causing to chuckle with her. “So anyway, I’m sure Pinkie told you about your welcoming party, huh?” “Yeah, I’m surprised that she worked so hard to put up this party.” I said, looking around the place. It was all covered in party decorations and such. “Well that’s Pinkie Pie for ya.” Twilight said, turning to others. Rarity and Fluttershy were over at the snack table eating some of the party snacks while I saw Ren and the others about to dunk their heads into the water while Ren was explaining the rules to Mason. “I see...I understand better now.” Mason nodded. “Yep, now come on! Let’s see this surprise Pinkie Pie is talking about!” Ren said happily as he dunked his head into the bucket of water, along with Applejack and Rainbow Dash. Mason hesitate for a second until he dunk his head into the water. Soon, they took their heads out of the water with apples in their mouths, except that Mason had some sort of green apple. Apparently, I saw that the green apple was attached to some sort of spring in the bucket, bringing Mason’s face forcefully back into the water. Ren chuckled as he looked down at his prize, but became surprised on what he caught. I took a closer look and let out a shriek to see what it was. It was a small alligator, but it took me by surprise. Ren chuckled upon seeing it and said “Hey Gummy, didn’t see you there!” “Huh? Gummy?” I asked in surprise. “Tee-hee! I see you guys finally met the birthday gator!” Pinkie laughed as she grabbed the little alligator from Ren’s mouth and hugged him tightly, not that he mind as it just blinked. I’m guessing that alligator is harmless like Ren said. “Wow, he’s so cute!” Carrie cooed, while I noticed Kodi made a frown. “I’m way more cuter than that gator.” Kodi muttered angrily. I chuckled a bit to see that everyone was getting along with each other. “Wow, I’m surprised that she even has a pet alligator.” I said, gazing at Pinkie and Gummy. “Yeah, I kinda don’t know what’s inside of that pony’s head.” Twilight chuckled while shaking her head. “But besides that, she does know how to throw some awesome parties.” “Yeah, and it was kinda nice to throw parties for not only for her pet gator, but for me, Mason and his little sister.” “Well, you know Pinkie. She always does that for anypony she meets. I mean, practically, everypony here in Equestria knows her and are always excited with her parties.” Twilight said before gasping. “Oh right, by the way. I just received a letter from Princess Celestia.” Huh? From Princess Celestia? It’s been a while since I’ve last seen her. “She wanted me to give you this.” Twilight showed me what it was. It was none other than a golden ticket. Wait, could it be… “Isn’t that...the tickets for the Grand Galloping Gala that Ren was talking about?” I asked, looking at the golden ticket in my hands. “Yep, like Princess Celestia promised, you’re invited to the Grand Galloping Gala!” Twilight exclaimed in joy as I continued to gaze at it. I don’t believe it, they actually want me to go? That’s...the kindest thing anyone has ever done for me. Well, besides my friends back on Earth. “Thanks Twilight, you’re the best.” I complimented her, causing her to smile back at me. “Anytime, so let’s go have some punch to celebrate! To new friends!” Twilight cheered. “To new friends!” I cheered alongside her as she and I went over to grab some punch, and Rarity was already there as Pinkie appeared out of nowhere again and poured me some punch. “Oh, thanks Pinkie.” I smiled happily at her. “Anytime Kay!” Pinkie nodded as she poured some punch into Twilight and Rarity’s cup. As we started the punch, we all became overjoyed with it. “This punch is simply divine! Is this the same recipe you used for your ‘Spring Has Sprung’ party?” Rarity asked. Wait, Spring Has Sprung party? Does that something to do with the season ‘Spring’? Wow, she must’ve came up with many ideas for that. “Nope! Something new.” Pinkie answered as Rarity and I continued to drink the punch with a straw. While I was drinking, I noticed something in the punch. What in the world….Oh my… “PFFFFT!” I spat out the punch as I saw what was inside of it. It was none other than her pet alligator. Rarity noticed it too as she spat out the drink too. “It’s Gummy favorite!” Pinkie replied with a smile, but she didn’t mind as the punch was dripping from her face. Me and Rarity looked at each other with worried and confusion. What’s going on her? I understand that she was weird when I first met her in this world, but now, she’s acting more weirder than usual, even with that smile she keeps making. “Ooh, this is my jam!” Pinkie exclaimed before pushing us out of the way and began dancing around. Ren, Carrie, and Mason came over to me and Rarity and began worried on what was going on. “Is there something wrong with Pinkie?” Ren asked. “She’s acting so...strange.” “More stranger than usual, I assume?” Mason raised a brow at him, which he nodded. “Well yeah, I’ve never seen her act like this.” Ren shrugged. “Do you think she’s getting tired?” Carrie suggested, causing us to look at her. “I mean, she has been working on this party for us and her pet, Gummy.” We looked at each other with worried, realizing the suggestion Carrie made. She’s right. Pinkie’s been working so hard, and Twilight told me she does this everyday. Man, I feel so bad for her right now. Suddenly, we saw her dancing around, accidentally bumping both Fluttershy and Twilight out of the way. Luckily, Ren caught Fluttershy while Mason caught Twilight from their fall. “You girls okay?” Ren asked in worried. “Y-yes, I’m okay.” Fluttershy replied, blushing lightly. Huh? Why is she blushing? Could it be…? “Twilight, are you okay? Do you need some medical help?” Mason asked. “Don’t worry, I’ll be fine. Thank you.” Twilight assured before looking at Ren and Fluttershy. I saw the frown she was making. Hold on, does she...no way. Why hasn’t Ren told me this? Does Fluttershy and Twilight have a crush on him?! No way! “Go Gummy! It’s your birthday! Go, Gummy! It’s your birthday!” Pinkie kept shouting while she dancing around Gummy, while it was standing there. Hmm...She definitely needs help. Later Soon after the party, we were outside of Sugarcube Corner, about to leave and go do our daily business. “Thanks for the party, Pinkie!” Kodi said as Ren carried him on his arms as he already stuffed his stomach with sweets and candy. “Yeah, it was awesome! I can’t wait for the next party you’re gonna make!” Ren added with a smile. “Good! Because…” Pinkie gave me an invitation with a big grin on her face. “You’re all invited to Gummy’s After-Birthday party!” “After-Birthday Party?” I asked in surprise. Is there even a thing called an ‘After-Birthday Party’?! “Yep-a-doodles! I hope you all will be there tomorrow!” Pinkie exclaimed as she hopped back inside of Sugarcube Corner. Wow, she’s really excited about these parties. I mean, I feel like she doesn’t want the party to even end. “Well looks like we’re going tomorrow for the After-Birthday Party, huh?” Carrie asked, which Ren shrugged. “Seems so, and plus, they’ll be more cake there.” Ren said, licking his lips. “Yeah, I guess you’re right. Wanna go there tomorrow, Mason?” Carrie asked her brother, but he was starting to go into deep thought...again. “Big brother?” “H-huh? Oh yeah, sure I guess.” Mason said, feeling a bit down. I wished we could try talking to him, but he seems way too stubborn to want to talk to him. “Actually…” Rainbow spoke up with a grin on her face. “We won’t be going to the party tomorrow.” “What?! Why not?!” Kodi asked in shock. “Their probably gonna be donuts tomorrow at that After-Birthday party!” “Yeah, why’s that?” Ren asked in confusion. “See, tomorrow is a special day besides the After-Birthday party.” Fluttershy explained. “Though, I’m surprise that Pinkie would forget something like that.” Forget? “Well after we saw her acting crazy during that party? She wasn’t like herself.” Rarity replied. “She has to be so tired if she was partying TOO hard.” “What are you girls talking about?” Ren asked. “Oh right, tomorrow is gonna be Pinkie’s birthday!” Twilight explained, causing us to gasp in shock. No way! That’s what Pinkie Pie forgot? Her own birthday?! “For realsies?” Kodi asked, blinking in surprise. “Yep!” Twilight nodded as she continued “And we’re planning on making it a surprise for her, so we can’t let her know about it.” “So in other words, we mustn’t tell her what it is, even though she doesn’t know that her birthday is tomorrow, correct?” Mason asked, which the girls nodded. “But if you guys don’t want to help, we understand…” Fluttershy frowned at us. “Are you kidding? No way we wanna miss this!” Ren exclaimed with a smile. “After everything she did for us by making that party for my new friends, of course we’ll help her!” “Yeah, we promised we’ll do our best!” Carrie agreed. “Me too!” Kodi added. “Well, after what she did for us, I’m in!” I nodded in agreement. “...Okay.” Mason nodded with a soft smile. “So where exactly shall we hold her birthday party at?” “We’re gonna set it up at the barn back at my farm.” Applejack answered. “But remember, you gotta keep it a secret, got it partner?” “My lips are sealed!” Kodi nodded. “Understand.” Mason responded. “We promise.” Ren gave them a thumbs-up. “Pinkie Promise?” Rainbow smirked. Pinkie Promise? Ren nodded as he said “Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!” I sweat-dropped from what he just said, even Mason sweat-dropped from what he just said. “I do not believe that’s how a Pinkie Promise works.” Mason spoke up. “Well that’s Pinkie way on how it works.” Ren shrugged with a smile. Wow, who would’ve thought that their world is so much similar to our world. “Thank you so much for the help Ren.” Fluttershy smiled softly at Ren. “Hey, that’s what friends do, Flutters.” Fluttershy blushed at Ren, causing him to be confused when he noticed her like that. Huh? Does he know even know about it? Oh my...this is not good. “Well anyway, we shall meet tomorrow at the barn. Goodbye…” Rarity walked away as we all said our goodbyes and headed back to our normal daily lives. As we walked back to the home ship at the otherside of Ponyville, Ren put his hands behind his head and sighed. “You know, if it’s gonna be Pinkie’s birthday tomorrow, I might as well give her something that she might like.” Oh yeah, Ren does have a point. What can I give her? “Yeah, but what does she like?” Carrie asked. “I don’t know, she practically likes almost everything she sees.” Ren shrugged. “Well, why not paint her a portrait of what she loves the most?” Kodi suggested. “Paint?” I asked Ren. “Oh you see, I became a painter here in Ponyville. I wanted to earn some bits here to buy some groceries while we stay here in Equestria.” Ren explained, much to my surprise. I didn’t even know that Ren knows so much about Art. Heh heh, guess never judge a person by his or her cover. “Yes, he’s been some good work recently. Maybe with your art skills might help paint the decorations for the party tomorrow?” Mason offered. “Yeah, that might come in handy. Don’t worry you guys, leave it to me!” Ren nodded with determination. You know, Ren is quite amazing for his optimistic nature and determination, I sorta envy him there. But what am I gonna give Pinkie tomorrow? Hmm, well maybe I could make her something that she’ll find enjoyable. Well, I guess I give it my best for her birthday tomorrow. The Next Day Soon after we woke up and ate our breakfast, we headed over to Sweet Apple Acres to go and meet up with our friends. You know, I’ve seen Sweet Apple Acres before back when we were helping those kids back then with their ‘cutie-marks’ and so, but I never been inside of the place. Once we did, we saw a big red barn just a distance away. “So this is what Sweet Apple Acres look likes from the inside, huh?” I looked around in wonder and amazement. “This place looks pretty nice.” “Yeah, I’ve been here a couple of times here.” Ren let out a tooth-eating grin as he continued “I remember when I first came here, they were kind enough to make a party for my welcoming to Equestria.” “Wow, really?” Carrie asked, which Ren nodded. “That’s amazing! I guess that means that we all gotten our special surprise, huh Mason?” Mason still didn’t give a response as he kept began going into deep thought. “Big brother?” “H-huh? Y-yeah…” Mason finally answered before going back to his thoughts. Alright, I feel like I can’t hold this out anymore. “Mason, what’s going on?” I asked, gaining his attention. “What? What do you mean?” Mason asked. “I meant, why do keep going into deep thoughts? This isn’t like you.” “She’s right, you’ve been acting like since yesterday.” Thank you Ren, at least they’re somebody here who knows what’s going on with him. “Is there something going on?” Mason glanced away and didn’t replied back to us. “M-Mason?” Ren called for him. “I am sorry, but like I said yesterday, I cannot tell you until when I feel like I’m comfortable with you all.” Huh? What does that mean? “Well...If it’s uncomfortable to tell it to us and the rest of our friends, we understand.” Ren said with a concerned expression. I can’t really blame him there, I know that I’ve been here for a while now and I barely know so much about them, but I’m also worried about Mason as well and I know he doesn’t act like this. If only he could fully trust us and tell us what’s inside of his mind. “A-anyway…let’s just go.” Mason walked past us and began heading to the barn while holding his sister’s hand. Me, Kodi, and Ren looked at each other in worried before following after him. Soon enough, we entered the barn and saw the others working on the decorations and so. “Hey everyone.” I called for them, surprising them a bit. “W-wha?! O-oh, it’s just you four.” Applejack chuckled nervously. “Sorry about that.” “It’s okay.” Ren rubbed his head bashfully. “So it seems you girls are already getting started with it, huh?” “Yeah, and we have to make sure that Pinkie doesn’t see it.” Twilight said, putting some streamers on the top of the barn by using her magic. “Yes, and we could use more help.” Rarity sighed happily. “We have to make sure that Pinkie doesn’t even see all this.” “But wait, what about her other party?” Kodi asked. Other party? “What other party?” Applejack asked. “You know, Gummy’s After-Birthday party?” Oh no! I forgot all about it! “This is a problem…” Mason muttered. “Tell me about it…” Rainbow Dash face-hooved herself. “Best thing to do is not tell her.” Ren suggested, which we all nodded in agreement. “Good plan, partner.” Applejack said as she grabbed a bucket. “I’ll be right back, gotta pick a few apples.” Applejack walked out of the barn and went to do what she said. Soon enough, we decided to continue to decorate the barn as I helped Rarity and Twilight by putting some birthday streamers around the barn. “I say, you know how to pick the finest spots to put these streamers up, Kaede.” Rarity complimented, causing me to blush a bit. “Well, I worked as a costume maker, so I know what materials I use to satisfy anyone.” I replied with a soft smile before frowning and muttering “Well anyone except my stepmother and stepsisters.” “What was that, Kaede?” Twilight asked. “N-nothing.” I shook my head with a nervous laugh. “Um, guys, we got a problem.” Ren said, running towards us. “A Pinkie related problem.” With worried, we stopped doing our decorations and rushed over to the door, peeking through it to see Applejack talking with Pinkie Pie, and it looks like Applejack had about several carts of apples with her. Must be for the party. “Huh? Oh..hi there..uh...Pinkie Pie!” Applejack greeted her, but she was acting really nervous. “What brings you round these parts?” “Who’s ready to shake their hoof-thang?” Pinkie handed her an invitation letter, and if I had to guess, it must be for Gummy’s After-Birthday Party thing. “It’s an invitation to ‘Gummy’s After-Birthday Party this afternoon!” Called it. “There’s gonna be dancing, and games, and cake, and ice-cream, and punch!” Pinkie summarized what’s gonna be in the party. But to be fair, that’s the same thing as from the last party yesterday. “Uh, well...I...I...I don’t think I can make it cause...uh...I have to...pick these apples!” Applejack showed her the cart full of apples. “Cause that’s what we do! With the...apples. We...uh...pick them!” Applejack gave her a nervous grin. “She’s terrible at lying, huh?” I muttered while sweat-dropping. “You have no idea…” Ren agreed, also sweat-dropping. Pinkie Pie just looked at her suspiciously, which caused Applejack to widened her grin even more nervously. Pinkie Pie narrowed her eyes at Applejack, like she was getting suspicious of her before she smiled happily and responded “Okie Dokie Lokie! A party is still a party, even if there are only three guests.” Pinkie walked away, causing us and Applejack to sigh in relief. With Pinkie out of sight, Applejack walked back inside of the farm with the carts. “We saw the whole thing, and thank god that Pinkie didn’t figure out what you were up to.” Ren smiled before frowning a bit. “But I still can’t believe you lied to her, and I thought you couldn’t lie.” “Well, she technically didn’t lie since she said that she was gonna pick some apples.” Carrie pointed out. “Darn tootin that I would ever lie like that.” Applejack nodded. “Not since what happened back when I was a filly.” “Really? What happened back then?” Kodi asked, causing Applejack to flinch in fear. “Uhh...I think it’s best if you don’t know.” Applejack shook her head. “Now I’m curious to know what happened back then with you.” I said, more interested into learning more about Applejack’s past. “Well anyway, right now, we should be focusing on making Pinkie Pie’s surprise birthday party. Twilight reminded us. “In the meantime, I think her birthday cake should be finished by now.” “Birthday cake?” Mason asked. “Yeah, I asked Mrs. Cake to make it for Pinkie in secret.” Twilight explained. “But I’m gonna need somepony to go get it. Hmm....Hey Rainbow Dash, Mason, do you two think you can get Pinkie’s birthday cake without her knowing.” “Ha! I can totally get that cake in five minutes top!” Rainbow Dash boasted. “Please save the arrogance for later Rainbow Dash.” Mason said sternly before turning back to Twilight’s offer. “Yes, we shall get the cake, Twilight.” Mason and Rainbow Dash left the barn and headed towards Sugarcube Corner while we continued to decorate Pinkie’s party. “Do you think they’ll get it before Pinkie finds out?” Fluttershy asked in worried. “Don’t worry, I know that my big brother can do it!” Carrie replied, having faith in her brother. “What about Rainbow Dash?” “Well I believe in her too!” Carrie added. Well, I just hope Pinkie won’t find out about this. Later “Wow Ren, you’re quite good at this.” I complimented as I admired Ren painting a small frame of...cupcakes and the background was pink. Well, they did say that Pinkie will like almost anything, so I won’t mind this painting of his. “Thanks, been working real hard on it.” Ren said, almost adding the finishing touches on it. “But you started on it fifteen minutes ago.” Fluttershy reminded him. “Well, I’m quite the artist, eh?” Ren smiled at us. “Besides, I have an active imagination than anyone else. Well, besides Pinkie.” “Well, you’re not wrong.” Kodi shrugged as he sat on Ren’s lap. Yeah, sometimes I don’t understand what’s going on inside of that pony’s head. Soon, the barnyard door opened, revealing both Mason and Rainbow Dash, who had panicked looks on their faces. “W-what’s wrong with you two?” Ren asked before realizing something. “Don’t tell me that Pinkie saw you two, right?” “Yeah, after as we got the cake, she appeared right in front of us and asked us what was going on, so we lied to her and began heading back to the barn.” Rainbow explained. “And soon enough, I sensed that someone was following us and we discovered that it was Pinkie Pie, and so, we ran away as fast as possible.” Mason added. “So did you two lose her on the way here?” Rarity asked. Before Mason and Rainbow Dash could answer, a loud voice shouted out. “I KNOW YOU TWO ARE IN THERE!” “Nope, no we didn’t.” Rainbow shook her head, causing us to sigh. This can’t be good. “What do we do?” Carrie asked in worried. “I’ll try to distract her!” Ren exclaimed as he walked out of the barn. Soon enough, we ran out to the door and peeked inside to see Ren confronting an angry Pinkie Pie. Oh wow, she must be upset because she doesn’t know about her surprise party yet. “Oh! Hey Pinkie, what’s up?” rRen greeted her with a nervous grin. “Mind if I...take a look inside of Applejack’s barn?” Pinkie asked irritatedly. Oh my, she’s really mad. I hate to be the guy or gal to confront her bad side…. Oh wait...Ren’s confronting her. “No! Uh, I mean, you can’t come in here!” Ren shook his head. “But Rainbow Dash and Mason just went in there.” Pinkie pointed out. “Oh you see, they were just bringing in some..uh...supplies! Yeah, supplies for...rebuilding this barn!” Ren answered, sweating a little. Oh my, come on Ren, don’t let Pinkie know the truth on this surprise party. If so, then all of this hard work was for nothing! “You heard her! Construction!” Rainbow Dash whispered loudly. Wait, she wants us to make sure that Pinkie doesn’t find out Ren’s lie? Well if so, then...I’ll do it! Soon, I began making construction sounds, confusing the others. Soon enough, they caught up on what I was doing and did the same thing as I was doing. Ren continued to keep Pinkie from finding as he purposely blocked the way from Pinkie seeing anything. Pinkie began trying to force her way in, but Ren tried to fight back. Pinkie somehow eventually got past him and was about to open the door, resulting Ren to pull out his Hacking Gun. “Sorry Pinkie!” Ren apologized before firing a yellow electric beam at her, causing her to be shocked. Whoa, what kind of shot was that from the Hacking Gun? Ren soon closed the barnyard door closed. We continued to make construction sounds while I heard Ren’s conversation with Pinkie Pie. “Yep! You heard right, we’re rebuilding the barn and that’s all! Take care Pinkie!” I heard Ren responded back to Pinkie Pie. “Okie...Dokie...Lokie…” I overheard Pinkie say that in a suspicious tone and then we heard her footsteps walked away. Five minutes later, we peeked out of the barnyard and saw that she was completely gone, causing us to sighed in relief, especially Ren. “Okay, that was too close!” Rainbow exclaimed. “Tell me about it.” Ren agreed while he wiped away the sweat from his forehead. “So...we’re okay for now?” Carrie asked. “Seems so.” Mason sighed before saying “Let’s get back to work before she shows up again…” We all nodded and went back to work. While I decorated the streamers with help from both Rarity and Twilight, I began to worried about Pinkie Pie. I just hope that she doesn’t feel too upset about her not wanting to go to her pet’s After-Birthday Party. I know how it feels when someone doesn’t want to be with you anymore… “Alright, let’s go over this stuff one last time.” Twilight said as she took out a clipboard by using her magic and began examining the stuff we made for the party. “Let’s see...Streamers, check...Music, check...Punch bowl, check..hmm…” Twilight tapped her hoof on her chin while looking around the barn before gasping. “Oh! We could use some more balloons. You know how Pinkie Pie loves her balloons.” “Yeah, you can say that again.” Kodi chuckled as we all nodded and chuckled alongside him. Soon enough, Mason and Carrie went on and blowed more balloons and soon, Ren and Fluttershy helped put up some party streamers on top of the ceiling beam and after that, we finally finished up everything as we gazed upon Pinkie’s Birthday Party. “Wooow…” Both Carrie and Kodi said in amazement. “Well...it seems that we finally finished, huh?” Mason asked, smiling softly. “Yep, now all we need is the birthday mare…” Ren said, putting his hands behind his head. “Well, I guess I should go and get her then.” “Wait!” I shouted, gaining my friends’ attention. “Why don’t I go and get her then?” “Really? Why’s that darling?” Rarity asked curiously. “Well, I thought that maybe she might be upset that we might’ve not went to the party we promised to go, and so I thought I can go and cheer her up.” I explained as everyone looked at each other. “Well...I don’t know…” Twilight rubbed her chin in thought. “Don’t worry, I guess I can let her go get Pinkie.” Ren shrugged with a smile before turning to me. “I believe that you can get her here. Just don’t get weirded out by her randomness.” “Don’t worry, I think I can handle it...I think.” I nodded before running out of the barn and headed back to Ponyville, and finding Sugarcube Corner. Soon enough, I entered the place and saw a cerulean color pony with a crimson color mane on the front desk. Oh right, that was one of the owners of this place, Mrs. Cake, I think. She took notice of me and waved at me. “Oh hello there dear. You must be one of those humans everypony in town were talking about, right?” The cerulean colored pony said, looking up and down on my body. “I think I remember from seeing you from the Princesses’ get-together party.” “O-oh...I’m surprise that you remember me.” I asked, surprised that she would remember me since we barely met each other. “You’re Mrs. Cake, right?” “Yes, I’m Mrs. Cake, so glad you remember me, despite we never cross paths before.” She chuckled. “Well, I remember one of my friends mentioning your names.” I said, remembering the party back when I first arrived to this world. “So anyway, I was wondering if Pinkie Pie was here?” “Oh I believe so. I’ve been hearing some voices upstairs and it’s strange since the baby dragon she brought over just left a while ago while he was eating a bunch of gems, so I’m not sure if she has other company with her.” This caused me to form a confused expression. Other company? Wonder what she’s talking about? “What do you mean? None of my friends aren’t here.” I said to her with confusion. “That’s what I thought too. Really strange…” Something isn’t it...I need to go and check up on her. “Alright, I’ll go see her, bye Mrs. Cake!” I waved goodbye to her as I ran upstairs and saw Pinkie’s room door. Just what is going on with her? What sorta company does she have? And Mrs. Cake mentioned a baby dragon that left here a while ago. Why did Pinkie brought Spike here and just left? All these questions that were going on my head has been answered as I began hearing some noises coming from Pinkie’s room. I slowly opened the door and widened my eyes to find out this ‘company’ Pinkie was talking about. “Thank you all so much for coming! It means so much to Gummy!” Pinkie exclaimed as she was near a table that was filled with a giant cake. “Pinkie?...” I called to her as she slowly turned around with a big grin and her eyes twitching. “Oh...Hello Kaede, so glad you could make it.” Pinkie said as her left eye was twitching. “At least there’s somepony else who appreciates me! Right everypony?” Everypony? But there’s no else here. “You tell them Pinkie!” Huh? I turned around to see Pinki grabbing and talking through a...bowl of punch. Whaaaat?... “This is one great party! You’ve really outdone yourself!” Pinkie said through a pile of rocks around her forelegs. Okay, this is actually starting to get more weirder. “Why thank you Mr. Rocky!” Pinkie responded to the...rocks… I’m starting to think that I shouldn’t have come here to get her. “Umm...What are you doing Pinkie?” I asked fearfully with a uncomfortable expression. “I’m just helping out my new ‘friends’!” Pinkie exclaimed with a creepy smile before muttering “Unlike my old so-called ‘friends’...” “Hey wait! Is this about-” “Thank Celestia that none of them PONIES nor the humans showed up.” Pinkie said through the pile of rocks. “Oh, they’re not so bad….” Pinkie replied, staring at the ceiling as her eyes rolled away from each other and grew smaller. I’m starting to have fears around her even more. “Not so bad? They’re a bunch of losers!” Pinkie said through the pile of rocks. Pinkie then gave out a lifeless stare, like she wasn’t alive or something. She soon shook her head and looked at the pile of rocks. “Oh don’t be like that Rocky, I’m sure they have their reasons!” Wait, did she literally called those pile of rocks…’Rocky’? “Besides, ‘losers’ might be a little strong ,don’t you think?” “After the way they treated you? I say ‘losers’ isn’t strong enough.” Pinkie said, voicing a clump of lint. “Well...it was pretty rude…” “Pretty rude? It was downright despicable!” Pinkie voiced a sack of flour. “It was, wasn’t it?” Pinkie assured, but the tone of her voice was irritating. “If I were you, I wouldn’t speak to them ever again!” Pinkie voiced a bucket. “You know what? I’m not gonna speak to them ever again. And I’m not gonna invite them to another party as long as I live! They don’t deserve to be invited to my parties!” Pinkie’s face began to twitch as she turned to me with a big creepy grin. “Well...all except for you Kaede.” “Yeah…” I made a nervous grin at her as I couldn’t help but gawk at what she was doing. Voicing a bunch of objects? That’s just plain ridiculous! “But Pinkie, I’m not here because of your...party.” “...What?” Pinkie’s right eye starting twitching at what I said. “See, me and my friends have a special surprise for you and so I came over to pick you up.” I explained, causing Pinkie’s face to twitch in a weird way. “Geez, you don’t say…” Why do I have the feeling that Pinkie is not gonna be happy for this. “So anyway….let’s go over to Sweet Apple Acres?” I offered my hand to her, but she swatted away. “No thank you!” Pinkie declined as she walked over to the sack of flour. “I’m spending time with my real friends. Isn’t that right, Madame LeFlour?” Uhh...what? “Oy! That is correct, madame!” Pinkie voiced from the sack of flour. Okay, this is just getting even ridiculous. “Pinkie...Pie?” I called for her, not wanting to be here anymore. “We’re going now!” “Never!” Pinkie exclaimed. Well, guess I have no choice. I grabbed onto her forelegs and began pulling her away, but she was pulling back at me. “You...need...to...come...with...me...now!” “No...I...DON’T!” She raised her back legs, causing me to fall underneath her as she sat on top of my head. She jumped off of me as I got up and shook my head. Grr, this pony is so impossible! “Pinkie Pie, come on!” I called for her as she sat back on the table and crossed her hooves with a ‘HMPH’ sound as she said “Sorry, but I won’t go! You will never get me out of this place! Never!!!” Okay, she’s being way over dramatic. Well, there’s gotta be something that can make her come out of Sugarcube Corner and towards Sweet Apple Acres… Wait...I think I got an idea. Later Well that was easier than I thought. Apparently, I asked Mrs. Cake if I could borrow a bag of candy, which she nodded and handed it to me. I used it to attract Pinkie Pie to come over to Sweet Apple Acres, which worked by the way. All I do is just putting one piece of candy each on the ground and Pinkie just kept eating them along the way. “Ooh! A piece of candy!” I heard Pinkie shouting in excitement. I still can’t believe that actually worked. Oh well, at least she’s here. “Ooh! A piece of candy!” Pinkie then finally appeared right in front of me, eating the last piece of candy before realizing where she was. “Hey! Where am I?” I chuckled while rolling my eyes at her. She’s been eating her way here and didn’t know where she was going? Oh well, doesn’t matter, what matters is that she’s finally here. I opened the doors, revealing the decorated party for her, along with everyone there. “Surprise!” We all screamed in unison, happily. Pinkie widened her eyes as she walked inside and looked around the party. “Do you think she was surprise?” Kodi asked Ren. “Yeah, of course, who wouldn’t?” Ren shrugged as we all smiled at Pinkie, who returned an irritated and angry look. “I really thought she’d be more excited…” Fluttershy whispered to us. Yeah, I was thinking the same thing too, but I guess I can understand how she felt earlier because we made so many excuses to her and even avoid her pet’s After-Birthday party. “Excited? EXCITED?! Why would I be excited be attend my own farewell party?!” Pinkie asked angrily, causing my friends to be confused while I became shocked to hear. Oh my, she’s taking this too far! “Farewell party?” Twilight asked. “Yes! You don’t like me anymore, so you all decided to kick me out of the group and throw a great, big party to celebrate! A ‘Farewell to Pinkie Pie’ party!” Pinkie answered. “Why would we even do that?” Carrie asked, surprised that Pinkie would think of something like that. “Yeah, why in the world would you think we didn’t like you anymore, sugarcube?” Applejack asked in a concern expression. “Why? Why? WHY? Because you've been lying to me and avoiding me all day, that's why!” Wow, she’s really angry! “Uh, yeah! Because we wanted your party to be a surprise.” Rainbow Dash explained. “We've been planning this party since yesterday. We had to make excuses for why we couldn't attend Gummy's party, so that we could get everything ready for yours.” Rarity added as she played with a yellow balloon. “We even helped out to commemorate the time you made those parties for us.” Ren nodded as he showed her the painting he made. It was a portrait of sweets, different kind of them and the background was pink. “See, I even made this for you.” “And if this a farewell party, why does the cake that me and Rainbow Dash picked up from Sugarcube Corner say, ‘Happy Birthday, Pinkie Pie’?” Mason asked with a raised brow as he presented the cake on the table. Pinkie Pie slowly looked around the room, noticing all the decorations and effort we had placed for her. Suddenly, her hair inflated back to its original self and she smiled happily once again. “Because it's my birthday! Ooh, how could I have forgotten my own birthday?” Pinkie Pie exclaimed as she pulled all of us for a group hug. Everyone, including me, returned sighs of relief. Pinkie Pie released her grip on us and began bouncing around the barn. “And you like me so much, you decided to throw me a surprise party!” “Well of course, you’re the bestest friend we ever had!” Kodi exclaimed. “And you made that party for us, so we had to do something!” Carrie added. “You ponies and humans are the best friends ever!” Pinkie grinned before lowering her head and frowned. “How could I have ever doubted you?” “It’s okay, Pinkie Pie.” Twilight assured. “It could have happened to any of us.” Yeah, she does have a point there. “Twilight’s right, well besides that, I’m just glad you aren’t mad at us anymore.” I added, agreeing with Twilight while putting up a smile. “Happy Birthday Pinkie Pie.” “Thanks everypony!” Pinkie gave us a big hug, causing us to smile happily. I’m really glad that Pinkie isn’t mad anymore. I’m...happy for her. If only wish my stepfamily would accepted me and stopped being so me- W-what?! What’s going on? I began seeing an image of myself closing my eyes, as some sort of machine was on top of my head, and I was unfazed by it. “W-why? Why are you doing this? We didn’t have a choice to do this.” What? Why am I saying? “AH!” I gasped in shock, as my face went pale. “Huh? Something wrong, Kaede?” Ren asked in worried. “You almost look like you’ve seen a ghost.” Fluttershy said before shivering in fear. “N-nothing, I’m fine.” I chuckled nervously before frowning. What was that? What was I even saying? This is just so...strange and weird. “Hey, turn that frown upside down Kay!” Pinkie exclaimed, poking my nose. “Huh?” I asked in a dumbfounded expression. “Pinkie’s right! Enough of this gab.” Applejack exclaimed, agreeing with Pinkie. “Let’s party!” “Yeah Mason, you need to party as well!” Carrie said, grabbing ahold of her brother’s hand. “Y-yeah, I guess…” Mason muttered, covering his mouth with his long red scarf. “Okay, but first…” Applejack went over to the table and brought out Pinkie’s birthday cake, which had several candles on it and they were all lit up. “Okay, Pinkie Pie. Make a wish and blow all the candles!” Applejack exclaimed with a grin. Pinkie thought for a moment before she glanced at me, Ren, Mason, and Carrie before she blew all her birthday candles. I wonder why she looked at us? “What did you wish for, Pinkie Pie?” Twilight asked. “Well...I’m not supposed to tell…” Pinkie grinned. “Aww…” Kodi’s ear dropped down in sadness until Pinkie say “But...I wished that we all remain best friends forever!” We all sighed happily that Pinkie would wish something like that. “And also for Ren, Kaede, Carrie, and Mason to get back to their world someday.” “What?” Mason asked as we all became surprised to hear that from her. “Well yeah, I know it might be difficult for you guys not being in your world and all your friends and family must be so worried about you guys, so that’s why I use my birthday wish in hopes you all can go back to your world.” Pinkie explained. “Wow Pinkie...I don’t know what to say…” Ren grinned happily. “Thank you.” “Anytime Rennie!” Pinkie nodded before turning to me. “Oh, and Kaede? I’m sorry for acting like a big meanie back at Sugarcube Corner. Can we be friends again?” Pinkie then gave me the puppy dog stare, causing me to sigh. Jeez, why is it always the cute ones to give out those kind of stares? “It’s okay Pinkie, I forgive you and we’ll always be friends. Best friends forever…” I chuckled happily as I smiled happily at her. “YAY!” Pinkie exclaimed, giving me a big hug as I noticed the smiles on everyone’s faces. You know, I’m happy to be here, seeing everyone’s smiles, having such a good time, and never leave each other behind. I feel like I’m actually back at home… “Now come on everybody!” Carrie called out. “Time to party!” “And I have the perfect song for a time like this.” Ren said as he went over and took out a radio from underneath the table. “A radio box?” I asked in surprise. “Radio?” Rarity asked in confusion. “It’s sorta a box that plays music.” Mason answered. “But where did you get that?” “I found it in my closet apparently, and so, I thought it may be useful.” Ren soon started the radio, starting off with a classy music. Hey wait, isn’t this...Celebration? I love that song and its one of my top ten favorite songs! “Come on everypony! Let’s party!” Pinkie exclaimed in joy as they began dancing around to beat. We all looked at each other and smiled happily as we joined them. Carrie grabbed Mason’s hand and dragged him to the dance floor. (Pinkie): (This is your celebration) (This is your celebration) Applejack, Fluttershy, and Carrie were bouncing a pink balloon to each other while Gummy stood in the middle trying to grab it with its mouth. (Pinkie): Celebrate good times, come (let’s celebrate) Celebrate good times, come (let’s celebrate) Rainbow Dash and Kodi went over to the cake to grab a slice, taking a bite of it. Rainbow then noticed the sadden look at Kodi’s face and gave him a slice, much to his joy. Rarity was by the music as she was dancing to it. (Ren): There’s a party going on right here! A celebration to last throughout the years So bring your good times and your laughter too! We gonna celebrate your party with you Come on now! (Chorus): Celebration! (Ren): Let’s all celebrate and have a good time! (Chorus): Celebration! (Ren): We gonna celebrate and have a good time! (Pinkie and Ren): It’s time to come together It’s up to you, what’s your please? (Chorus): Everyone around the world come on! (Kodi and Carrie): Yahoo! I noticed Spike coming into the barn, seeing Rarity dancing with Mason, who was being taught how to dance by his own little sister.. He made a determined looked and quickly rushed over to her and began dancing as if he was trying to impress her. (Pinkie): It’s a celebration! (Applejack and Rainbow Dash): Yahoo! (Pinkie): Celebrate good times, come on!  (It’s a celebration) Celebrate good times, come on! (It’s a celebration) (Kaede): There’s a party going on right here! A dedication to last throughout the years! So bring your good times and your laughter too We gonna celebrate and party with you Come on now! (Chorus): Celebration! (Kaede): Let’s all celebrate and have a good time! (Chorus): Celebration! (Kaede): We gonna celebrate and have a good time! (Pinkie): It’s time to come together! It’s up to you, what’s your please? (Chorus): Everyone around the world come on! (Fluttershy and Twilight): Celebrate good times, come on! (Spike): Let’s celebrate, come on now (Pinkie and Rarity): Celebrate good times, come on! (Kodiak): Let’s celebrate! (Ren and Pinkie): We’re gonna have a good time tonight! Let’s celebrate, it’s all alright We’re gonna have a good time tonight! Let’s celebrate, it’s all right, baby We’re gonna have a good time tonight! (Chorus): Celebration! (Ren): Let’s celebrate, it’s all right We’re gonna have a good time tonight (Chorus): Celebration! (Pinkie): Let’s celebrate, it’s all right! (Chorus): Yahoo! We all formed a conga line and began getting to the groove to the music! (Chorus): Yahoo! (Ren, Kaede, and Pinkie): Celebrate good times, come on! (Twilight and Spike): Let’s celebrate! (Ren, Kaede, and Pinkie): Celebrate good times, come on! (Applejack and Rarity): It’s a celebration! (Ren, Kaede,and Pinkie): Celebrate good times, come on! (Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash): Let’s celebrate! (Ren, Kaede, and Pinkie): Celebrate good times, come on! (Carrie, Mason, and Kodi): Come on and celebrate tonight! (Ren): Baby everything’s gonna be alright, let’s celebrate! (Ren, Kaede, and Pinkie): Celebrate good times, come on! Celebrate good times, come on! (Chorus): Let’s have a great time, celebrate! (Ren, Kaede, and Pinkie): Celebrate good times, come on! After finishing off that song, we all started laughing at how fun we were doing at Pinkie’s birthday party. You know, I’m quite happy to sing that song. You know, this has been the greatest day ever, despite all the...um...Pinkie's randomness. Later After Pinkie’s birthday party came to an end, me, Ren, Kodi, Carrie, and Mason headed back to the home-ship as it was getting late. Wow, time sure flies here in Equestria, huh? “That was awesome! Especially the part where we all sang ‘Celebration’!” Carrie jumped in excitement. “Yes, yes, sis, that was pretty nice.” Mason nodded in agreement. “But as of right now, it’s right past our bedtime, we should get some sleep.” “Yeah…” Ren let out a yawn. “Oh well, at least I was able to get some of the sweets from the party.” Ren took out a cupcake from his pockets and took a bite of it, causing to laugh at him. “Anyway, we should probably get going now.” Mason said as he picked up his sister, but something dropped out of his scarf. Kodi walked over and picked it up with his nose and sniffed at it. “Hey, what’s this?” Kodi asked as Ren, Mason, and Carrie to turn around to see it. “Hey, isn’t that a necklace?” Ren asked as he was about to take it from Kodi, but Mason quickly snatched it away. “H-hey!” “I’m sorry, but you can’t touch this!” Mason said sternly. “Huh, why’s that?” I asked. “I can’t tell you, this necklace is very important.” Mason said, glaring at us. “But why is it important to you Mason?” Ren asked in worried. “Please, we’ll understand.” “Big brother…” Carrie looked at Mason with worried eyes, causing Mason to feel guilty and sigh. “This necklace belongs to someone...very close to us.” Mason answered, causing me, Kodi, and Ren to be confused on that while Carrie became surprise. “Wait, someone close to you?” Kodi asked. “I’m sorry, but I can’t tell you. Why don’t I tell you next time? I know there’s a lot of questions about me, but…” Mason glanced away from us with sadness from his eyes. “...I’m sick of holding these secrets from you all. I’m done hiding my existence from others, and lying to myself…” “Huh? What do you mean, Mason?” Ren asked in concern. “....I’ll tell you next time, I promise. Come on, let’s go home.” With that, Mason took his leave towards the home-ship with his little sister in tow. Me, Ren, and Kodi blinked in surprise and looked at each other with worried. Mason...what’s going on? What did you mean lying to yourself and holding these secrets from us? To Be Continued